The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation honors the life of 14-year-old Andrew who battled leukemia and sepsis before leaving us on July 14, 2007. Andrew’s B+ blood type became the perfect message – Be Positive – to reflect how Andrew lived his life and how he inspires others to do the same.

The B+ Foundation is about kids helping kids fight cancer -- by providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer, and by providing childhood cancer research grants. Read more about what we do

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Join the B+ Running Team for the May 10th DE Half or Full Marathon or Relay

We'll cover your race registration fee, provide a running coach and training program, and more! All you have to do is commit to raising $1,999 and have fun! There's more information here, or email Carly@BePositive.org. You can support a runner or join the team here.

Help Us Get a DE Childhood Cancer License Plate

We need 200 applications to petition the State of Delaware for a Childhood Cancer license plate, as many other states already have. Once we have shown interest (by submitting 200 applications), we can begin to design the license plate -- the one at left is just a mock-up. PLEASE submit an application -- there's no cost at this time. Click here for more information and to PRINT OUT THE APPLICATION. Then share this with your Delaware friends and family.

We also receive donations from generous supporters through the UW of Maryland, NJ, So Carolina, San Diego, and many other chapters around the country. Please just write in “The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation” and tax id # (42-1741037) on your form.

B+ Research Grants Yield Results

Funding from B+ has supported clinical trials at the Seattle Children's Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research where they currently have 4 patients in remission from a recurrence of ALL.

An article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about some exciting work being done by Dr. Ken Lucas and his team. Please take a look at this work as featured in a Medical News Today article. As you'll see, The B+ Foundation was a lead funder of this research, along with Solving Kids Cancer and the Pierce Phillips Charity.